what is the proper way to pass data between pages? Let's say I want to
display a message that a database save is successful, or failed. Right now,
I am passing the information as a parameter in the URL (
localhost/blah?success=1 ). Is there a better way to do it? I've thought
about using a
If you want to pass on the message maybe setFlash is the best option
(possibly with a custom key):
http://book.cakephp.org/view/568/flash
Although I don't see anything wrong with using your own session keys.
Either way, I'd stay away from URL parameters as they can be faked by
the end users,